Wildwater Racing

Missing the rapids well make your own at home. This is your Blue Peter moment!!!! Project One WHAT YOU WILL NEED Two pieces of wood MDF is good but any wood will do one longer than other size is up to you but the bigger it is the more work About 12 inches long and…
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25 March 2020 Following the latest measures announced by the government yesterday to address the coronavirus pandemic, British Canoeing has issued the following statement: Last week on 16 March British Canoeing took the unprecedented step to cancel all events, competitions and gatherings until 30th April 2020. Our policy position on coronavirus continues to align with…
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16 March 2020 Following the latest advice from the Government announced at 5.00pm today, British Canoeing has issued the following statement. In light of the Prime Minister’s advice this evening and in the interest of the safety and well-being of all members of our community, it is with regret that we are announcing the cancellation…
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Matlock Sprint results are now available in the results section and the latest rankings have now been published.

The International Canoe Federation, the American Canoe Association, Nantahala Outdoor Center and the Cheat World Cup organisers are disappointed to announce that the 2020 ICF Canoe Wildwater Championships and four World Cup races scheduled for the Nantahala and Cheat Rivers in the US next month have been cancelled. The ongoing concern over the spread of…
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The Scottish WWR Championships are to be held on the Tay over the March 7th & 8th. Should be some great racing!

In the news again.  This time our good friend Liz editor of the New Waves St Andrews Church Hamble Magazine with both the 2019 later Fairthorne Manor and Hamble races Susan Templeton

The Southern Boat Series has made the Caravan and Camping magazine, making the front cover as well! Great to  see RAFYC Club and Andark Diving and Watersports Shop mentioned in the press as they support the race and paddlers by use of their facilities each year. Also a photograph of the young winners some with…
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Dear Athlete, The registration for selection  for Great Britain junior and U23 teams is now open. To register you must provide: email address (this will be used to contact you with the results of selection, so it is your responsibility to ensure it is correct); mobile phone number; dob; on the registration form online. Within two…
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Perfect weather, perfect tide, perfect competition between 34 paddlers in all types of canoes and kayaks with a massive age range of nine to 81. Sue Templeton has put together a race report of the event.

Peter Schofield delivered his final Chairman’s Address at the ACM. We all thank him for his efforts, and wish him the best for the future.

We are pleased to announce the selection committee has been selected from a pool of 8 volunteers that stepped forwards. The committee will be Mark Burton Chair Cathy Wynne Jane Miller Richard Vincent Grant Anderson Howard Blackman as a reserve in case anyone on the above should drop out.We would like to thank you to…
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Hi Guys!! So a small subsection of the WWR community (The Technical Committee) have been working behind the scenes to assist the British Canoeing Coaching department in creating this self analysis tool. With a digital library of coaching resources shared across disciplines in the backdrop of it. Now it’s primary design was to target coaches…
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Dear All, SOUTHERN BOAT SERIES (We love all types of Canoes, kayaks and arm paddled craft) “Maximising potential, opportunities, excitement and fun:Paddle the wild side” Part of my end of SBS season report made it into the Scene for December 2019/January 2020 unfortunately my latest race reports were post their print deadline but may make…
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Congratulations to all who competed at the Fairthorne Manor races, a great variety of craft and ages were present. Sue Templeton has put together a race report of the event.

Canoeing Results Archive website has been launched to collate older results of canoe competitions, if you have older results or yearbooks in the attic perhaps you would like to contribute to the website.

The World Sprint Championships at La Seu, Spain kick off today with the sprint team events. Live streaming of the event and the sister Canoe Slalom Worlds is available here.

The British Team is at La Seu, Spain for the World Sprint Championships which are being held alongside the World Slalom Championships. Training has begun on this tricky artificial course, updates are coming through via the Wildwater Racing Facebook page.

The basic details of the 2019/20 WWR calendar has been released. Full details for the events will follow shortly.

We have added a section to honour our World Championship medalists. We have been successful in all classes of competition, and this roll of honour really shows how much we have achieved as a nation over the years. We are missing images for some of the paddlers, if you are able to provide photos that…
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British Canoeing has launched a new artificial whitewater safety course. Aimed at supporters, parents and coaches who work primarily on artificial course environments. Image Credit: J Wallis

The profiles of the 2019 GB Team paddlers are now available on the WWR website. Any corrections or new images to be used can be sent to web@wildwater.org.uk

LIVE TV WWR SPRINT FRIDAY EVENING 12 JULY We have a Scottish ranking race that will show live on BBC Scotland’s new channel.Venue is the Pinkston White Water Centre in Glasgow. Exact details still being confirmed but there will also be some freestyle and polo. Great festival of canoe sport!

We have largely re-populated the website. The back filling of results will take a little more time to complete, but we have the main information back up and running. We would welcome your feedback on the website, what you would like to see, and if there is anything we have missed on the migration from…
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Congratulations to Nottingham Kayak Club for winning the last Wavehopper Club Champs. Here we have the factory-fresh Wavehopper with many thanks to Wave Sport for sponsoring the event. Time to start practicing for the next Wavehopper Club Champs which will again be at the Nene this October. All welcome – Wavehoppers and any short Whitewater boats…
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